BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 7
Author: Bonta (D), et al.
Amended: 4/7/15 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 8-0, 6/10/15
AYES: Liu, Runner, Block, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 71-0, 4/9/15 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Public schools: Larry Itliong Day
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill designates October 25th of each year as
Larry Itliong Day, and encourages public schools to recognize it
as a day of special significance.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Proclaims the first week of April as Labor History Week and
encourages school districts to commemorate the week with
appropriate educational exercises that make pupils aware of
the role the labor movement has played in shaping California
and the United States.
2)Designates a number of days as days of special significance to
the public schools and educational institutions and encourages
them to observe that day, including Ronald Reagan Day
(February 6), John Muir Day (April 21), and Harvey Milk Day
(May 22).
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3)Requires public schools to close on a number of holidays,
including January 1, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Lincoln
Day, Washington Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Veterans
Day, Thanksgiving, December 25, all days appointed by the
Governor or the President of the United States for a public
fast, holiday, and any other day designated as a holiday by
the governing board of the school district. Requires that for
some specified holidays for which schools are required to
close (Dr. Martin Luther King Day, Lincoln Day, and Washington
Day), schools conduct exercises in commemoration.
4)Authorizes public schools to close on two other days if the
governing board, pursuant to a collective bargaining
agreement, agrees to close schools for that purpose. These
days are César Chávez (March 31) and Native American Day
(fourth Friday in September).
5)Requires the State Board of Education to ensure that state
curriculum on César Chávez and the history of the farm labor
movement in the United States include information on the role
of immigrants, including Filipino Americans, in that movement.
This bill:
1)Makes various findings and declarations relative to the life
of Larry Itliong and his contributions as a leader in the
American farm labor movement and in the Filipino American
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community, including the finding and declaration that the
accomplishments and contributions of Larry Itliong should be
properly memorialized within the history and culture of the
United States of America.
2)Designates October 25th of each year as Larry Itliong Day, a
day of special significance, as specified.
3)Encourages all public schools and educational institutions to
conduct exercises remembering the life of Larry Itliong,
recognizing his accomplishments, and familiarizing pupils with
the contributions he made to the state.
4)Requires the Governor to annually proclaim October 25th of
each year as Larry Itliong Day.
Comments
Need for the bill. According to the author's office, "the
accomplishments and contributions of Larry Itliong should be
properly memorialized within the history and culture of the
United States because he is a hero in the socioeconomic and
racial justice movement. Although his accomplishments have been
recognized in smaller ways, such as being acknowledged in part
in the renaming of a Union City middle school, he deserves to be
recognized on a statewide level and remembered for his
contributions to our state and nation's history."
Larry Itliong. This bill recognizes Larry Itliong as a
prominent leader in the American farm labor movement. In 1965,
as a leader of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee of
the AFL-CIO, he organized a group of 1,500 Filipinos in an eight
day strike against Delano grape growers. Itliong asked César
Chávez and his followers to join the strike, and the two
leaders' organizations eventually combined, establishing the
United Farm Workers of America. Itliong later become the
President of the Filipino American Political Association, the
first national political Filipino American organization. He was
also instrumental in the founding of the Pablo Agbayani Village,
a retirement home built by volunteers for retired Filipino
Manongs.
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Discretionary activities. Existing law encourages all public
schools and educational institutions to observe each day
designated and set apart as a day having special significance,
and to conduct suitable commemorative exercises. These are not
required activities. Existing law also includes legislative
intent that exercises be integrated into the regular school
program and be conducted by the school within the amount of time
otherwise budgeted for educational programs.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.: No Local: No
SUPPORT: (Verified6/11/15)
Alameda Labor Council
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees,
AFL-CIO
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Berkeley City Council
California College and University Police Chiefs Association
California History Center Foundation (De Anza College)
California Immigrant Policy Center
Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity
Filipino American National Historical Society, Santa Clara
Chapter
Little Manila Foundation
Philippine National Day Association
Philippine Weekend, Inc.
United Farm Workers
Numerous individuals
OPPOSITION: (Verified6/11/15)
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None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 71-0, 4/9/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Baker, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough,
Brown, Burke, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley,
Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier,
Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson,
Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hadley, Harper, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey,
Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes,
McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, Olsen, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Waldron, Weber, Wilk,
Williams, Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Travis Allen, Bigelow, Calderon, Beth Gaines,
Grove, Melendez, O'Donnell, Patterson, Wagner
Prepared by:Lenin Del Castillo / ED. / (916) 651-4105
6/11/15 16:23:50
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